
PAIGE
PRESS YOUR SINS LIKE FLOWERS
KEEP THEM IN A BOOK
AND IN A COUPLE YEARS DARE TO TAKE
A LOOK
WOULD YOU EXPECT THEM TO GROW WITH
YOU
OR SIMPLY STAY THE SAME, WOULD YOU
EXPECT THE CELLOPHANE TO HIDE AWAY
YOUR SHAME
I CAN’T PLAY, THESE GAMES TODAY
THERE IS SO MUCH MORE TO TRUTH THAN
WHO YOU CHOOSE TO BLAME
I KNOW YOU'RE STRONG
IT'S TRUE YOU HURT AND TRUE YOU
TOOK THE PAIN
BUT ALL YOU GAIN FROM HOLDING PAIN
ARE SCARS THAT NEVER FADE
HANG YOUR SINS LIKE PORTRAITS
FOR THE WORLD TO LOOK
NOBODY CAN HURT YOU, IF YOU'RE
HOLDING THE HOOK
EVERYTHING WAS QUIET, IN THE WINTER
AIR I HAD TRIED AND TRIED AND TRIED
AND TRIED TO FIND A HOME SOMEWHERE
I’M STILL ALONE
WHAT I'VE DONE, I HAVE TO OWN
AND I KNOW I CAN BE MORE
I CAN BE BETTER THAN BEFORE.
I WON’T PLAY, THESE GAMES, YOU PLAY
THERE IS SO MUCH MORE TO TRUTH
THAN
WHO THEY CHOOSE TO BLAME
I KNOW YOU'RE STRONG
IT'S TRUE YOU HURT AND TRUE YOU
TOOK THE PAIN BUT ALL YOU GAIN FROM
HOLDING PAIN ARE SCARS THAT NEVER
FADE
IT’S SOMETHING VERY NEW, THERE WAS
NO LONGER AN ACHE
THE FEELING ALL CONSUMING, IS NOW
MILES AWAY.